Tauw

A young unemployed man fends off accusations of laziness and makes a home for his pregnant girlfriend who has been rejected by her family.

Cast

Mamadou M'bow

Tauw

Amadou Dieng

Father

Fatim Diagne

Nafi

Coumba Mane

Mother

Habib Diop

Marabout

Ibrahima Boy

Oumar

Mamadou Diagne

friend of Tauw

Papa Yoro

friend of Tauw

Crew

Ousmane Sembène

Director, Writer

Georges Carestan

Director of Photography

Herbert F. Lowe

Executive Producer

El Hadj M'Bow

Sound

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Production Manager

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